I’d like to try gong but 4 years of clouds make me skeptical about adding a pound of weight and reinforcements that aren’t needed. The price is ok though so why not try one... The clouds do seem like the price could drop 10-15%. I was one of the first customers but the price has kept me in the used ...

Perhaps the guys with clouds did not have the right size?
Normally you want 1.5 sizes less than normal leis. i.e. Saturday I was decently powered on a 9m c2 when my lighter weight friend had a 12m switchblade up.
At 80kg I can use 7m with surfboard from 18 knots, 9m from 14, etc...

When considering dynamics of concave and convex shapes you also need to think about how much a change in angle of attack or angle of heel moves the center of lift. Some shapes will help keep the center of lift from moving as far, others may exaggerate the movement, so which shape to choose affects f...

foam corks at each side of the hole (just keep 5 to 10mm more than the center hole diameter) drill only one side ... I’d go for 25-30mm each side if I did this. Also might add extra wraps of carbon or glass around outside near hole. Both would help to take beatings from safety releases, stress conc...

Wings are brand new.... Are you the kind of guy who would slag a guitar manufacturer if the guitar needed tuning? Surely there has to be sheet of 300 grit and maybe a bottle of isopropanol accessible to you. ‘Cause you should clean the foil, too. Then sand TEs at the correct angles. And don’t forge...